File No. 793.94/665
The Minister in China ( Reinsch ) to the Secretary of State
Sir: As the Department has not issued any special instructions to this Legation concerning the special motives for and the scope of the exchange of notes signed between the Secretary of State and the Special Japanese Ambassador on November 2, 1917,1 I have the honor to state it is my understanding that the policy of the American Government, as expressed in your telegram of July 10, 6 p.m., 1917,2 to the Embassy at Tokyo, remains unchanged. Should this not be the case, and should the policy of the American Government have been modified in any particular requiring special attention to [Page 214] be paid by the Legation to any new relationship or phase in Far Eastern international affairs, I have the honor to request your instructions or expression of opinion.
I have [etc.]